Well, almost... I've been waited this whole series for an episode like this. Even Tennant was ok, less I'll-scream-at-your-face-to-show-you-I-know and more I'll-just-let-my-eyes-do-the-work.
Lovely build up and suspence and I tottaly dug the way they gave us crumbles of what's going on instead of full explanation early on. That was what made The Impossible Planet good too.
On the other hand I still feel like Torchwood was planted in the series to resemble something of the BAD WOLF philosophy by linking all the episodes together. In which case it didn't fit at all with all the past ones of the season.
I really hope that the next season will be more balanced overall and I have much faith in Torchwood series to be nice since Captain Jack is heaps and bounds a better actor than Tennant IMHO.
It would be very predictable if Pete stays in our dimension with Jackie as Rose dies. Also who else thinks that Micky is the only candidate for companion?
Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul and damned is your life.
Elk wrote:The bit where Yvonne said "Its him... hes coming"... How did she know he was coming. The applause scene was cringe worthy..
An educated guess maybe. She would have figured out that he would track down the source of the ghost shift and that would be in the Torchwood building. And they probably detected the Tardis materializing in the loading bay.
You're right about the applause scene. Men with guns do not applaud.
BTW I wonder what floor they're on. 1 Canada Square (the building often called Canary Wharf, when that's actually the name of the whole area) doesn't use the 13th floor, they store the airconditioning equipment there. Even though the building's management denies they did that because people are superstitious about moving in to the 13th floor it would make for an interesting location for the Torchwood offices. There are lots of conspiracy theories about secret government facilities being located on the 13th floor of highrises.
Boy: "Have you met monsters before?" The Doctor: "Yes."
Boy: "Are you scared of them?" The Doctor: "No, they are scared of me!"
A couple of miss-steps; that applause when the Doctor arrived - a bit lame. The bright lights of the rift room allowed us to see INSIDE a cyberman's helmet through the eyes - should have blanked them off totally (with effects, once they spotted that the costume "malfunctioned"; and biggest mis-step of all, in the script department - why reveal the Cybermen so early? There was no need at all to show the girl getting turned by the Cybermen - it would have been enough for her to come back out of the polythene with the two earpods, and let the audience nod at one another knowingly, allowing the later "reveal" to still have a bit of an impact.
And Driller - I agree. Unless it's someone we have only seen this episode. I suspect everything depends on who is still standing after next week
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frak wrote:The trailer seems to have given away the fate of Rose...
Y'know, some of us avoid the trailers as we don't want to have things spoiled ........ can you give a spoiler warning next time please, or should I leave this thread for the next 6 days?
Viscount Charles wrote:A couple of miss-steps; that applause when the Doctor arrived - a bit lame. The bright lights of the rift room allowed us to see INSIDE a cyberman's helmet through the eyes - should have blanked them off totally (with effects, once they spotted that the custume "malfunctioned"; and biggest mis-step of all, in the script department - why reveal the Cybermen so early? There was no need at all to show the girl getting turned by the Cybermen - it would have been enough for her to come back out of the polythese with the two earpods, and let the audience nod at one another knowingly, allowing the later "reveal" to still have a bit of an impact.
And Driller - I agree. Unless it's someone we have only seen this episode. I suspect everything depends on who is still standing after next week
I agree with the early reveal as well. Would have been far more effective to hint at the enemy rather than blatantly show them..
Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul and damned is your life.
frak wrote:The trailer seems to have given away the fate of Rose...
Y'know, some of us avoid the trailers as we don't want to have things spoiled ........ can you give a spoiler warning next time please, or should I leave this thread for the next 6 days?
I've changed the picture of the fat cyberman to a link. May I ask what the hell it could possibly spoil for anyone who watched last nights show?
I'm not even talking about the 'coming next week' footage. We've seen the cybermen and we've seen the daleks.
